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Ear & Drum: Session 297 – Stoplight Loosejaw

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A stoplight loosejaw is a variety of fish found in the depths of the ocean where light doesn’t reach, not a guy crossing the road in Shoreditch at 3am. These tracks are all from the deeper end of the D&B spectrum where the drums are stripped back and the bass is way down there.

Kicking things of right we have the 88 Katanas – Overdrive from the very tasty Silver Walk EP blended with Bailey’s killah Letter From Detroit out on SunANDBass. Mikal & Rio’s – Bamboo on Metalheadz is a fluttery b-line roller I can’t stop playing, and the same goes for the J:Kenzo remix of Halogenix, dEridge & Steve Spacek’s – Take me Away.

Mayhem from Creatures & DRS should be well known by now, but you might not know that London Elektricity has broken away from the hands in the air liquid for a moody roller called All On Top (ft. Conrad Subs & Genesis Elijah) on Metalheadz no less. Closing things out is Bungle’s new piece on 31 Recordings from his Aline EP which gives me solid Marcus Intalex vibes.

Stoplight Loosejaw – 1hr of Deep D&B

88 Katanas – Overdrive
Bailey – Letter From Detroit
Mikal & Riot – Bamboo
Halogenix, dBridge & Steve Spacek – Take Me Away (Mantra & J:Kenzo Remix)
Technical Itch – Endless Stars
Data – The Brink
Photek – The Forge
Conrad Subs – Radius
Rozzer – Disruptorr
Akinsa – Rastafari (Offish Remix)
K-Chaos – Arrowhead
Workforce & Bobble Johnson – Deep Ones
Acid Lab – Listen
Sustance – Cycles
Monroe – Last Verse
Creatures & DRS – Mayhem
London Elektricity – All On Top (ft. Conrad Subs & Genesis Elijah)
Bredren – Conflicted
Philth – The Fear (Dispatched 2024 VIP)
Eijer – Between The Gap
Bungle – Ordinary

2025, Ear & Drum Session, Liquid D&B, Melodic

Ear & Drum: Session 296 – Outer Sanctuary

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Liquid gets a bit of a bashing these days due to it’s diversity. Ranging from Calibre style soulfulness all the way through to full-blown stadium style fromage, it’s a broad church in terms of genres. But, that doesn’t stop the euphoric goods from dropping week in and out.

Artists such as Soul Connection, Furney, Mitekiss, Technimatic and Need for Mirrors are forever perfecting their sound and keeping the quality high. Carlito’s About You was released as the 100th drop on Marky’s label and still has that 2000s Innerground running vibe. Spearhead are another label celebrating their 20th year anniversary with Technimatic’s brilliant From Within. Bop released the best Hospital drop in ages with his killer Hypnotics EP from which I selected Cravings as my pick of the bunch. And V Recordings are still keeping it real with Fox and Sl8r’s Skull & Crosses EP featuring the anthemic Love What I Do.

Outer Sanctuary – 1hr of Liquid D&B

Koherent & Charli Brix – Voices
Soul Connection – Push Me to the Limit
Furney – Swanko
Carlito – About You
Shapeshifter – Lightspeed
Seba & Paradox – Move On
ALB & LOATIAL – Forgiveness
Mitekiss – Never Felt So
Sustance & Salo – Out The Storm
Soul Intent – No One Else
Technimatic – From Within
Bop – Cravings
Nelver & nCamargo – Aurora
Impish – Truth Is (Vinyl Version)
Fox & Sl8r – Skull & Crosses
MC Conrad – Lean Upwards
Fox & Sl8r – Love What I Do
Soul Connection – With You
Walker – Late Night Track (Instrumental)
Command Strange & Intelligent Manners – When I Get Home
Break feat. Lorna King – Wait For You (The Sauce Remix)
Need For Mirrors – Whales & World Peace
Technimatic – Inner Sanctuary
Break feat. Charli Brix – Lost (Break Remix)

Chill Out, Cross Genre, Deep D&B, Liquid D&B

14th Way (Yang)

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I missed doing one of these in 2024, so the 13th and 14th Way I did together, recorded in summer 2025.

This Way – the 14th Way – is Yang…more vigorous!…good for running, repetitive tasks, getting ready for…

Alwayz WilL: 14th Way

Mk.Gee – Dream Police
Thabo Tonick – Joy Boy
Nelson Freitas – Nightcrawler
Atmos Blaq – Mfana Wase Dobsi (Citizen Deep Edit)
Bongeziwe Mabandla – Sisahleleleni (Henrik Schwarz remix)
DJ Timbawolf – CRUSADE
Vanco, Muneyi – Khumbaya
Moa Anbessa feat Prince David – His Foundation
Dennis Brown – Want to be no General
Synkro – Different Sound
Calibre – Jump Around
Calibre – Wrong
Ruti – Lungs (Calibre Extended remix)
Reel By Real – Surkit (Calibre remix)
Commix – Backchat
Walk:r – Close to You
Wagz – Zzap!
Tyler Daly – Been Trying (Workforce remix)
Harmony – NY Soul
ASC – Nightvision
Tim Reaper – Monsoon Season
Mk.Gee – Are You Looking Up
Bungle – Twilight
Workforce feat Tyler Daly – Falling Down
LSB – PCT
Fantasia – When I See You
Shabaka – Breathing

Chill Out, Cross Genre, Deep D&B, Liquid D&B, Melodic

13th Way (Yin)

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I missed doing one of these in 2024, so the 13th and 14th Way i did together, recorded in Liverpool, summer 2025.

This way – the 13th Way – is Yin…more ambient…but there’s still a bit of NRG towards the end!

Good for bathing, walking, looking out of a window…

Always Will: 13th Way

Qasim Naqvi – Plastic Glacier
Halima – Igwe (Live from Rotterdam)
Mary Lattimore & Walt Mcclements – The Poppies, The Wild Mustard, The Blue-Eyed Grass
Kelela – Raven (unplugged)
Mark Ernestus’ Ndagga Rhythm Force – Simb
Steve Spacek – Something Tells Me (featuring Raphael Saadiq, Steve Spacek)
Mk.Gee – I Want
Maxime Denuc – Edo
Transaction – Ocean
Moa Anbessa feat. Prince David – Jah Fire
Calibre – Feel The Heat
Rival Consoles – Known Shape
Rhythm & Sound – Smile (With Savage)
Maxime Denuc – Agoraphobia
nonkeen – that love
Cymande – Heart Of The Willing
Qasim Naqvi – The Glow
Civilistjävel! – A2
Kid Drama – Last Night
Commix – Life We Live
Drs – Keep The Faith Ft Calibre
Aural Imbalance – Artificial Satellite
Mk.Gee – You Got It
Oren Ambarchi, Johan Berthling & Andreas Werliin – Två
Ryuichi Sakamoto – 20210310
The Joy – Ngiphuphe Ngilele

 

 

2025, Amen, Atmospheric, Ear & Drum Session, Intelligent, Melodic

Ear & Drum: Session 295 – Wide Open

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Winding down the BPM to 160 with this one, as we explore the more atmospheric side of life. There is something special about an atmospheric amen track pitched back to the bpm the pioneers of the sound intended. The drums breath and roll more, and that space gives the pads and atmospherics their time to shine. This mix took me back the early Progression Session days. And that is never a bad thing.

When I saw an ASC & Skanna collaboration on Over/Shadow I knew it was going to be something special, and Switch truly has that OG atmosphere in spades. Sandcastles is Rufige Kru on a 160bpm atmospheric tip. Yes fucking please. If you haven’t checked out Kid Lib’s take on video game soundtracks of days gone then you need to get onto his Jungle Rush LP stat!

Tango’s classic Understanding gets a mighty rework and remaster by L Major as does F-Jam by Adam F himself, who re-recorded everything to bring it up to date. Big shouts to the Omni Music cru who always bring the atmospheric goods, this time in the form of Non Rev on his beautiful The Method of Limits LP, friend of the show, Starski with his blinding Missing Photo LP and MiesFM with the haunting Misty Keys from the Momentum LP.

Wide Open – 1hr of 160bom Atmospheric D&B

ASC & Skanna – Switch
Rufige Kru – Sandcastles
Kid Lib – Jetstream Jam
Tango – Understanding (L Major Remix)
JLM Productions – Boundary
Perspective:R – Blissfully Compulsive
Adam F feat. MC Conrad – F-Jam Revisited
Atlantic Connection – Racers
Earl Grey – Lethargica – Hangman Cliffs
NonRev – Information Society
NonRev – And The She Lied
MiesFM – Misty Keys
Mineral – Illusions Disappear
Big Bud – Lucky 7
Kid Lib – Rocket Runner
Unglued – Get A Rush
Starski – God Has Forgotten US All
Cryogenics – Melancholy
Mystic State – Expectations
NonRev – At My Most Human
Tango – Spellbound (Ricky Force Remix)
Indigo Virus – Fractured Light

2025, Ear & Drum Session, Hard D&B

Ear & Drum: Session 294 – Bring It

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We’re tearing the lid off with this one, so strap in and turn it up. There is a bit of something old, something new going on with tracks like Hyper-On Experience – Lords Of The Null Lines (Photek Remix), Amit’s unstoppable roller Roots, and DJ Cyrstl – King of the Beats (Fierce Remix) and a new track from an old don in the form of Mixrace – Metanoid on Over/Shadow.

From the new crate we have the latest drop from Seba & Paradox on Metalheadz Cypher, plus some raw power from Unglued with the killah JUNGLUED from his Timestretch: Past EP. And a special shout out to the DOA production massive Offish & 88 Katanas for their smasher Downpour from the latest Offish LP – Circling the Drain and Andy Odysee for his dark masterpiece Obsidian from the EP of the same name.

There’s a tonne more rip-snorters in here, too many to mention. All killer, no filler yadda-yadda-yadda — you know the drill by know.

Bring it – 1.5hrs of pounding D&B

Mixrace – Metanoid
Monroe – Echo Habit
Enei – Flute Anthem
Scar – Erase It All
Ed:it – Sends
Seba & Paradox – Cypher
Break feat. MC Fats – Natural Way (Remix)
Unglued – JUNGLUED
Dub Phizix – Hatchet (Extended Mix)
Conrad Subs – So Good
Flipper – Noir Pt2 – Transcaucasia
Anku – Primal (Offish Techstep Mix)
Bruk Rogers – Get Low (Zero T Remix)
Total Science & Mako – Kabaddi
Dub Phizix – Rura
Dunk – Danger
DJ Cyrstl – King of the Beats (Fierce Remix)
Hyper-On Experience – Lords Of The Null Lines (Photek Remix)
Need For Mirrors – Giger
Amit – Roots
Fox & Sl8r – Skull & Crosses
Ed:it – Word Out
Goldie, Rufige Kru & Submotive – Goldikus (feat. Cleveland Watkiss)
Ink feat. Jody Lulati – The Ungrateful (Silent Extent Remix)
Kublai – Certified
Mako – Direct Source
Offish & 88 Katanas – Downpour
Andy Odysee – Obsidian

2025, All Artist Mix, Cross Genre, Deep D&B, Ear & Drum Session, Melodic, Uncategorized

Ear & Drum: Session 293 – Dusting Off

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I recently did an all Calibre remix set and was alerted by Silent Dust of None60 Records fame, that I had missed not one, but two Calibre remixes of his tunes on the label. Now I knew None60 because of their excellent Government Fun – Hours EP and a few of their other releases, but I really didn’t know much about Silent Dust. So down the rabbit hole I went…

It turns out Silent Dust & DRS – Refuse (Calibre Remix) is one of THE Calibre remixes I’ve been hunting for the longest time. And it also turns out that Silent Dust is also an incredible D&B (and Hip Hop) producer with a style very much in my wheelhouse. So two album purchases and a great deal of listening later, I have produced this all Silent Dust mix to a) make up for missing out on these in my former mix and b) because you really need to hear some of these tune!

Andy, this one is for you.

Dusting Off – An all Silent Dust mix

Silent Dust – No One Man (feat. SelfSays)
Silent Dust – Puppet’s Dream
Silent Dust – Winter Song (Original Demo Mic)
Silent Dust – The Giant (Remastered)
Silent Dust – Projection (Remastered)
Silent Dust – Another Sunlight
Silent Dust – A Million Words
Silent Dust – November (feat. Zilla Rocca)
Silent Dust – A Million Words (Remix)
Silent Dust – 1959 (Calibre Remix)
Silent Dust – Marlowe (Remastered)
Silent Dust – Marlowe (Hobzee Remix)
Silent Dust – Zero Nine Zero (Response & Pliskin Remix)
Silent Dust – Shadows On The Wall (feat. DRS – Oliver Yorke’s Nightscape Femix)
Silent Dust & DRS – Refuse (Calibre Remix)
Silent Dust & DRS – Refuse
Silent Dust – Myths
Akuratyde – November’s End (Silent Dust Remix)
Silent Dust – The Giant (Om Unit Remix)
Silent Dust – Eye of The Duck
Silent Dust – $S$ (feat. Terror)

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Ear & Drum: Session 292 – Liquidity

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Been a hot minute since I’ve dipped into the Liquid D&B crate and this one is chock full of rollers. Despite it being a much maligned genre, there is still a bunch of amazing Liquid coming out such as the intro track by the hilariously named Coffee Shop Jungle in the form of Ones.

It wouldn’t be a Liquid mix without a bit of Seba in there and this time we have a triple play! Project feat. Sapele, Flow and Easy from his recent Oni LP out on Spearhead are all classic Seba rollers, and it’s great to see Robert Manos and Seba back in the studio together.

Enei, of Critical Music fame, steps away from the dark side for the sublime Break The Cycle with Solah on vocals. And a bitter sweat shout out to MC Conrad for his collaboration with Aquarlid in the form of Promised Land (DJ Marky & Makoto Remix). A bouncy stand out from the legend’s final LP Con*natural. Thanks for all the incredible memories Mr Thompson, you are gone but never forgotten.

Liquidity – 1hr of Liquid Rollers

Coffee Shop Jungle – Ones
Furney – Something About
DJ Marky, Pola & Bryson & IYAMAH – Be There
Aaliyah Esprit – On & On
Zoro – When the Lights Go Out
SpectraSoul – Always (Flava D Remix)
Seba feat. Sapele – Project
Seba – Flow
Seba & Robert Manos – Easy
Sati &. Brandy Haze – All Night
Dawn Wall – Sinner (feat. ANNI)
Citra – Lost In My Mind
Submorphics – Infinite Void
Blade – Sundayz
Technimatic feat. Lucy Kitchen – Looking For Diversion (Lenzman & Duskee Remix)
Enei – Break The Cycle feat. Solah
MC Conrad feat. Aquarlid – Promised Land (DJ Marky & Makoto Remix)
Impish – Digital Bath VIP (Vinyl Version)
Furney – Organ Dub
FX909 – Bob And I (Citra Remix)
Loz Contreras – Recognise
Motiv – Fidgety

 

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A nice little surprise

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Shouts out to Anuj over at feedspot.com for recently including The Ear & Drum in their round up of the best Drum & Bass blogs on the internet.

You can check out the full list HERE.

I never really started this blog for any other reason than to give D&B lovers good music to listen too. So this recognition goes out to all of you for coming here and downloading our mixes. Without you the Ear & Drum is nothing.

Respect.

 

2025, All Artist Mix, Ear & Drum Session, Liquid D&B, Melodic, Soulful

Ear & Drum: Session 291 – Calib:Remix

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This is the mix I always said I wouldn’t make, an all Calibre mix. Just about every corner of Calibre’s catalogue has been covered splendidly by others, or by the man himself. So I never really felt the pull to do what has already been done. And then I typed ‘Calibre’ and ‘remix’ into my Serato search field and this came up.

This is every Calibre remix I have and it really does make for interesting listening. Calibre, for the record, doesn’t remix his own tunes. But he is always up for remixing other people’s music from within and out of the D&B genre. And while I love a good Calibre D&B remix, it always seems like the non-D&B remixes are his best work.

London Grammar, Ruti, Pablo Nouvelle, Breach, Badmarsh & Shri, Lady Blackbird — these are the ones that really stick with me. They are almost perfect D&B tunes as they elevate above being just a track and become songs. A little bit pop, a little bit soul, a little bit D&B and a whole heap awesome.

Calib:Remix – 1.5hrs of Calibre Remixes

The Vanguard Project – Stitches (feat. Jemimah Read) (Calibre Remix)
Krust – It’s A Lot (Calibre Remix)
Danny Byrd – Changes (Calibre Remix)
Children of Zeus & Tyler Daley – Small Circles (Calibre Remix)
FD – Ambra (Calibre Remix)
Zero T – Refusal ft. Steo (Calibre Remix)
Alx Perez feat. Peven Everett & SpectraSoul – Forsaken (Calibre Remix)
LSB & DRS – Frozen (Calibre Remb)
London Grammar – If You Wait (Long Enough You’ll Get the Calibre Remix)
SpectraSoul Feat. Tamara Blessa – Away With Me (Calibre Remix)
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs – Garden (Calibre Remix)
Blu Mar Ten – Keep It Together (feat. Robert Manos) (Calibre Rel
Ruti – Lungs (Calibre Extended Remix)
Pablo Nouvelle – You Don’t Understand (Calibre Remix)
Nitri & Level 2 Feat. Grimm -Lies (Calibre Remix)
Total Science – Walk The Same Lines ft Riya (Calibre Remix)
SpectraSoul – Burst (eat. Dan Moss) (Calibre Remix)
Breach – Jack (Calibre Remix)
Sati – Forward Thinking (Calibre Remix)
DJ Marky & S.P.Y. – Yellow Shoes (Calibre Remix)
Badmarsh & Shri – Signs (Calibre Remix)
Impish – With You (Calibre Remix)
Dogger & Mindstate feat. Liam Bailey – Broken Home (Calibre Remix)
Total Science – Gravy Girls (Calibre Remix)
Lady Blackbird – Collage (Calibre Remix)